Manchin is meeting with Trump on Monday, and Reid said the West Virginia Democrat is looking for a job in the Cabinet.

”Joe Manchin obviously is running for a Cabinet spot,” Reid said in an interview on CNN. “I know that we’ve done stuff in the last few weeks to try to make Manchin happy so he’d be another Democrat, at least temporarily.”

Reid was seemingly referring to last week’s shutdown drama, where Democrats united behind Manchin over coal miners’ health care. Manchin had indicated that Democrats could block a must-pass resolution funding the government in a push to expand the health care program which is about to become insolvent.

Reid’s statement suggests Democrats stuck by Manchin to keep him in the Senate. Manchin’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Manchin faces a tough re-election in 2018, since Trump won West Virginia by 42 points.

If Manchin left the Senate, Democratic Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin would appoint a replacement to serve out Manchin’s term. But without an incumbent on the ballot, Senate Democrats may have an even tougher time holding the seat.